Chapter 83: Let's just call you Big White Radish from now on

The Sunflowers heaved a two-meter-tall, massive, shiny black rock with a rhythmic grunt, placing it in the backyard of the Breeding House.

When the rock landed heavily, the ground even trembled twice.

Ye Bai looked at this shiny black rock; viewed from the side, it looked just like a Qilin lying on the ground.

He used his Insight Eye, and the moment he opened his eyes, two massive streams of gray mist surged out from the shiny black giant rock.

The gray mist continued to spread, shrouding the entire stone, making it impossible for Ye Bai to see the giant rock's full outline.

He felt as if he saw a terrifying aura from a wild, ancient beast emanating from the gray mist.

In just a moment, two lines of blood tears flowed from Ye Bai's eyes.

A feeling of unbearable soreness came from his eyes.

After a good while, Ye Bai finally opened his eyes, though his vision was still a bit blurry; it took about a quarter of an hour for him to fully recover.

Although his eyes were stung by the aura on the treasure, Ye Bai had already memorized the location where the treasure appeared.

Next, he just needed to avoid the treasure's location and shatter this shiny black rock with one punch.

However, Ye Bai vaguely felt that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

"Dahui, use Heavy Punch on the middle of the shiny black giant rock."

Dahui spat on its Zhua and began to rub its hands together; it raised its sandbag-sized fist and slammed it into the shiny black rock.

The wind from the punch rubbed violently against the air, sparking wisps of flame.

Dahui's mouth curled upward; it had already envisioned the scene of the shiny black giant rock before it being blown apart by its punch.

Only a heavy, muffled "thud" was heard, and a gust of wind surged forth, forcing Dahui to take several steps back.

A flash of astonishment crossed its eyes; its hand was twisted, deformed, and swollen, but under the healing of the Life Spirit Seed, it quickly returned to normal.

Dahui was somewhat incredulous!

This shiny black rock had actually injured it, and the spot it had just struck didn't even have a single crack.

One must know that it could easily lift a one-ton rock, and when it erupted, its punch force could even reach five tons.

As a result, five tons of force slammed heavily into this shiny black rock, yet the rock was completely fine, while it had injured itself instead.

After seeing this, the Myriad-Change Silkworm gave Dahui a look that said "you're useless," and it directly split off its Blood-Gu Butterfly Clone.

It intended to use the power of the Clone to corrode this shiny black rock.

This stone clearly couldn't be handled by Brute Force alone; it required a tiny bit of technique.

Watch me!

The Blood-Gu Butterfly was wrapped in blood-red mist, and this mist possessed extremely strong corrosive properties.

The Clone flapped its wings, and streams of blood-red mist flew forward.

Whether it was small stones or blades of grass, upon touching the thick blood-red mist, they were directly corroded into dregs.

Yet, after this rock was completely surrounded by the Blood Mist, there was no sign of corrosion.

Instead, the Clone's volume was completely consumed, and it vanished into mid-air.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm was stunned.

Seeing this, the Sunflower King mocked them both for being weaklings, and it directly extended its roots, which were as hard as steel.

The roots spread out and wrapped around the shiny black rock, emitting a creaking sound.

But the rock remained motionless.

This was somewhat embarrassing; all three Pet Beasts had been stumped by this shiny black rock.

"Hahaha, did you think stone-cracking was that simple?"

"Relying solely on Brute Force is useless; you have to rely on wisdom and experience."

Finally seeing them get humbled, the Mandrake King couldn't help but speak up to mock them.

"The three of you—one is a brute who relies only on strength, one is a blockhead without a brain, and the other is clearly a moron with no wits."

After being mocked by the Mandrake King, Dahui, the Myriad-Change Silkworm, and the Sunflower King felt their fists tighten, and their faces were so dark they could squeeze out ink.

The three of them surrounded the Mandrake King, rubbing their hands and fists, intending to loosen the Mandrake King's joints.

It was clearly itching for a beating and needed to be taught a lesson, otherwise, it would be detrimental to the team's unity.

"Wait, don't move yet; let the Mandrake King finish what it has to say."

"Do you know how to crack this stone?"

Ye Bai waved his hand to block his furious little companions.

"You want to know? I won't tell you, you despicable and lowly human!"

"Unless you worship me like a founding ancestor, then I might consider it."

The Mandrake King had a cheeky look on its face, and its arrogant and domineering air was practically overflowing.

It felt for the first time how useful its awakened inherited memories were.

It just forgot its current situation; it was merely a prisoner captured by the Sunflower.

Just then, its peripheral vision suddenly caught the Sunflower King's furious gaze, its emerald-green leaves curled into a ball, emitting a "crack-crack-crack" sound.

The Sunflower King's eyes were spitting fire, wishing it could swallow the Mandrake King alive, proving that its rage had soared to an unstoppable level.

The Mandrake King had been so pretentious just a moment ago; the consequences were easy to imagine.

The Mandrake King swallowed hard; it felt that the Sunflower King could blow it to pieces with a single punch.

"Fine, since it's unwilling, then you all should teach the Mandrake King how to behave properly—no, how to become a specimen."

"In our place, specimens can be put on display, and you, a rare Mandrake King, are certainly qualified for that."

Ye Bai smiled, and everyone could see the chill emanating from Ye Bai's bones.

Although sentient medicinal herbs were extremely rare, that didn't mean one could crap on his head.

Did it not have any sense of its current situation?

The Mandragora King knew that if it didn't beg for mercy now, its fate would likely be to be turned into a specimen.

"Haha, just kidding, I was just kidding earlier."

"The way you are opening the stone is wrong."

"I will teach you how to do it."

The Mandragora King finally got to the point; at this moment, it was obedient, cute, and cowardly!

"The treasure inside the stone material has sealed itself within the stone, waiting for a fated person to awaken it."

"Don't look at this stone as pitch-black; it actually has a great background."

"They are called God Stones, capable of shielding external interference, allowing the treasure to be kept in its best state."

"You can understand it this way: the God Stone is actually like a type of amber that wraps the treasure, and the treasure inside will remain in its most perfect state."

At this moment, Ye Bai interrupted the Mandragora King's words.

"Then how should I be able to take out the treasure inside?"

"That is what I want to know at the moment."

The Mandragora King thought for a moment: "Actually, this is difficult if you say it's difficult, and easy if you say it's easy; it just takes time."

"You only need to place this God Stone into your Pet Beast Space and use your mental power to permeate the entire God Stone."

"You will be able to peel the God Stone layer by layer, just like peeling an egg, until the sealed treasure inside is revealed."

"Of course, it is said that some people have invented a liquid that, when applied to the surface of the God Stone, can dissolve it."

The Mandragora King shook its head: "This is actually a huge waste."

"In fact, aside from the God Stone's function of sealing treasures, it is also a treasure itself, capable of enhancing a Pet Beast Master's mental power."

"Finding the God Stone is as good as finding the real treasure."

"Because treasures are often sealed within God Stones."

Ye Bai half-believingly placed his hand on the God Stone and forcibly took it into his Pet Beast Space.

Just at this moment, Ye Bai's Pet Beast Space trembled slightly, the Pet Beast Space was forcibly expanded, and the mental power in his sea of consciousness was drained completely.

Ye Bai also felt a barbaric mental power rush into his sea of consciousness, expanding it.

He felt a wave of dizziness strike his brain and nearly fell headfirst to the ground.

When Ye Bai's Pet Beasts saw this, they almost wanted to take a blade and slash the Mandragora King.

Damn Mandragora King, how dare it try to frame my Pet Beast Master!

A terrifying Thunder Light erupted from Dahui's claws.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm summoned the Blood Gu Butterfly again, and the Blood Gu Butterfly flapped its wings, creating a fierce wind, looking incredibly vicious.

The Sunflower King silently drew its Vine Whip; it wanted to properly lash this naturally lazy Mandragora King before it.

It intended to whip the Mandragora King to death.

"Don't do it, it's not its fault, everyone stop."

Ye Bai grabbed Dahui's hand; the fainting sensation he experienced was caused by the sudden increase in mental power.

The Mandragora King was right; this kind of treasure can only be permeated by relying on mental power, and only by gradually decomposing the God Stone with mental power can the treasure inside be revealed.

This is also a way to enhance mental power.

Although Ye Bai stopped his Pet Beasts' actions, the Mandragora King was still surrounded by them.

The Pet Beasts revealed a sinister smile; the Mandragora King had a bad premonition, and shrill screams rang out, the crying piercing the sky.

By the time Ye Bai came to his senses, the Mandragora King had already been wrapped into a large mummy with transparent tape.

"That's fine, this way you can't move at all, and you won't take the opportunity to run away."

"Congratulations, Mandragora King, you have successfully passed my assessment and become a member of our Breeding House, but your name is a bit of a mouthful."

"From now on, I'll call you Dabai."

Dabai!!!!

Damn it, I am the Mandragora King who can stop a child's crying at night, who is Strong, and incredibly fierce!!!

Human! You are severely humiliating me!

The Mandragora King looked very angry.

But its mouth was blocked tightly by the transparent tape, and it had no way to make a sound at all.

Its eyes were like blades, staring fixedly at Ye Bai, as if it wanted to stab Ye Bai twice.

Dabai, hmph, (｀)Ψ, and you even have the nerve to say it out loud!

"Haha, Dabai, you don't have to be so moved."

"I know this name sounds quite good."

Ye Bai waved his hand, his face full of smiles.

However, in the end, under the threat of the Mandragora King to die, its name was changed to Bailuo.

Over at the Jiaying City Pet Beast Association, President Zhang had already arrived in Jiaying City a day early.

The security of the entire Jiaying City had also been raised to the highest level.

"President Zhang, what did the higher-ups say? Did they say to cancel the itinerary?"

President Wang asked tentatively; during this period, he felt mentally and physically exhausted.

At the current stage, canceling the itinerary would be the most appropriate thing to do.

"I passed Y's words to the higher-ups, but they only sent back one sentence—lure the snake out of its hole."

President Zhang's expression was also not very good.

But this was, after all, an order from above, and he could not easily refute it.

But Y's second email made President Zhang somewhat lose his composure.

This second email stated that the Beautiful Country Alliance had developed a type of infrasonic weapon capable of inducing heart attacks, and there was another matter of greater importance: an assassin from the Iron Chicken Kingdom had infiltrated the security team.

"It seems the higher-ups are indeed planning to lure the snake out of its hole."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't let Academician Su take this risk."

"Has Academician Su's itinerary been arranged yet?"

President Zhang asked Wang Jinyin.

"It has all been arranged; our people have already gone in twenty-four hours ahead of time to control the scene, ensuring that no one can sneak in."

"As for that infrasonic weapon, the range shouldn't be very large; we must conduct key searches along the route Academician Su will take, as ensuring Academician Su's safety is our top priority."

President Zhang laid out the mission.

We must ensure the safety of Academician Su.

"Academician Su will come to Jiaying City, first visit Principal Zhang Dashan, and then head to Shenshan Middle School for a tour."

"After dining at the Research Institute, she will go to the auditorium of Shenshan Middle School to give a speech."

"She will leave here by private plane later in the day."

"The route is fixed."

"Now we need to see how to find that mole."

President Zhang said with a very serious expression.

The next day.

A medium-sized aircraft landed at the Jiaying City airport.

The security level here had been raised to the highest, such that not even a mosquito could fly in.

A person wearing casual clothes with silver hair combed meticulously walked down from the plane.

She looked up at the blue sky, a satisfied smile appearing in her eyes.

A group of security members in suits and sunglasses surrounded Su Qingxian to prevent her from being hit by outsiders.

Once danger occurred, they would immediately form a circle to protect Academician Su.

However, at the airport, Academician Su saw an unexpected person.

"Zhang Dashan, it's been so long, your health is still quite robust."

"I was originally planning to visit you first."

Academician Su smiled and walked up to him; she only learned after boarding the plane that Zhang Dashan's chronic illness had been cured.

The two were old acquaintances.

One for the sake of protecting the home and defending the country, the other for the prosperity of the nation, both had dedicated their entire lives.

Crucially, both had remained unmarried their whole lives, as if silently waiting for someone.

Both had been stubborn for so many years, and Zhang Dashan had nearly died because his chronic illness flared up.

"Then let's change our route and go to Xiao Xue's place first."

Academician Su smiled, and together with Zhang Dashan, she boarded a specially made bulletproof car.

The two sat side by side.

President Zhang came to act as their driver.

"All these years, have you been well?"

It was a long time before Zhang Dashan asked this question.

"I didn't expect that you, such a dense man, could still say something like this."

Su Qingxian giggled.

Zhang Dashan's face turned red.

He coughed lightly a few times: "I nearly died this time, only then did I feel that some feelings cannot be missed."

"If it weren't for Xiao Xue's accidental discovery this time, I might have died riddled with diseases."

"Naturally, I wasn't willing to die that way; I had originally planned to sacrifice my Soul to summon a super-large ultimate Hellfire and perish together with those bastards from the Gospel Society."

"As it turned out, Xiao Xue actually found a way to cure me."

"Qingxian, thank you for coming to see me, but you shouldn't have left the Imperial Capital."

"You should know that you are vital to the entire Yan Kingdom Alliance."

Zhang Dashan frowned and said to Su Qingxian in a preachy tone.

Su Qingxian rolled her eyes: "As if I wouldn't encounter danger if I stayed at the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

Begging for votes, begging for votes, begging for votes, so sleepy!

(End of this chapter)